Garment-supporter.



B. H. WHITE.

GARMENT SUPPOBTER.

APPLICAHON HLED MAY 8. 1916.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

liTlW IBIRDORA H. WHITE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed May 8, 1916. Serial No. 96,188.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BIRDORA H. WHITE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inGarment-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to garment-support ers, and more particularly tothat type of garmentsupporters, which, when in use, are

adapted to be suspended from such garments as corsets, corset-waists,waists, belts,.or suspenders, in connection with which garments it isnecessary to adjust the fastening devices to a desired position.

The object of my invention. is to provide a simply constructed, easilyoperated and effective buckle, in which the elastic webbing of thegarment supporting device, in connection with which it is used, issecurely held againstwithdra'wal both by a sliding device around whichit is passed, and a clamping member carried thereby, substantially ashereinafter fully described, and as particularly pointed out in theclaims:

In the drawings:

Figure 1 'is a front view of a fragment of a garment supporter showingmy improvements applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front view of my improved buckle detached from saidsupporter show ing a slightly modified construction of the slidingelement thereof.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the preferred form of my invention.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same showing yet another modification ofthe sliding element thereof, with the clamping device removed.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the sliding element of thepreferred form of my invention is made.

Fig. 6 is a similar View of the blank from which the clamping device ofthe said preferred form is made.

Fig. 7 is an edge view of said clamping device separated from thebuckle.

Fig. 8 is a vertical central section taken on the center line of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, it will be noticed that the body orsupporting-frame of my improved buckle is rectangular. I prefer width ofthe same.

to make this frame of one piece of wire bent so that its end portionsform the upper hori zontal stretch 3 of the frame andterminate inopposed relation at about the center of Slidably mounted upon thevertical sides 1 and 2 ofthis frame is a vertically movable member,which, in the preferred form of my improved buckle, consists of a flatrectangular piece of metal, of a height approximately one-half that ofthe supporting-frame, and of such a width that its ends can be bent backupon itself to form vertical. tubular guides 5 and 6, that are adaptedto surround and slide freely up or down on the vertical sides of thebody of the buckle. This vertically movable member is provided with atransversely elongated rectangular opening 14, the position of which issuch that the transverse stretch of metal 8 below it is wider than thetransverse stretch above, which latter forms a spindle 7 upon which theknuckles 11, 11, of a hinged clamping-plate 9 are journaled.

The templet from which this plate 9 is formed is shown in Fig. 6 of thedrawings, and it will beobservedthat between the lugs from whichknucklesll, 11, are formed, the lower edge is provided with a dependingportion-which when said templet is reduced to the proper shape forms acam or pressurefoot-10, which, as shown in- Fig. 7 of the drawings,corresponds somewhat in crosssection to the curvature of an evolute.

WVhen the parts of my invention are properly assembled, as hereinbeforedescribed and as illustrated in the drawings, the buckle is supportedthrough the medium of a web of suitable fabric 17 whose lower edge issewed around the upper stretch 3, 3, of the body of the hook, and whoseupper end is attached in any suitable manner to the hem or selvaged edgeof a garment of any nature. The upper end 15 of a pendent strap or web16 of elastic or other material is then passed to the rear throughopening 14. of the sliding member and then downward back of the buckleto and forward through the space between the lower edge of said slidingmember and the lower bar 4 of the body of the buckle, from whence ithangs downward. When the said end 15 of web 16 is thus threaded throughthe buckle, clamping-member 9 is moved on its axis and cam 10 thereof isbrought to bear against and to clamp web 15 between the same and thelower horizontal edge of opening 14. When this is done the greater thedownward strain on web 16, the more firmly, its upper end will be held.

The modified construction of the sliding element shown in Figs. 2 and 4of the drawings is due to the substitution of wire for the metal plateconstruction thereof, shown in the drawings, and particularly in Fig. 5thereof. In Fig. 2 of the same, the ends of a suitable length of wireare brought into horizontal alinement to form the spindle on which theknuckles f clamping member 9 are journaled and extending fro-m said endseach branch of the wire is bent to form hook-shaped guides (that are theequivalents of guides and 6) which engage and are slidable on thevertical sides of the body of the buckle, and to provide an unbrokenlower horizontal member 8 which is opposed and is adapted to cooperatewith the lower horizontal member of the body of the buckle to clamp theweb of elastic in the same manner as the corresponding parts of thepreferred form of my invention do.

The modification shown in Fig. i of the drawing is also the result ofmaking the sliding member of wire. The only difference from the slidingmember shown in Fig. 2 is that the wire is made to describe atransversely elongated rectangular .shape, and the ends of this shapeare made to hook around the vertical sides of the body of the buckle toform the necessary guides therefor.

What I claim is:

l. A. buckle comprising an open rectangular supporting-frame, a slidingmember the lower edge of which is adapted to cooperate with the lowerhorizontal bar of said frame,

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the ends of which are provided with guides that engage the vertical sidemembers of the supporting-frame, and which has atransversely elongatedopening therein between said guides through which the web of a garmentsupporter is adapted to be passed, and movable means that are adapted toprevent the withdrawal of said web fromsaid opening.

2. A buckle comprising an open rectangular supporting frame, a slidingmember mounted thereon having a transversely elongated opening, aclamping-member which has lugs that are pivotally connected to saidsliding member above said opening, and the lower edge of which isadapted to engage the web or strap of a garment-supporter to prevent itswithdrawal.

' 3. A-buckle comprising an open rectangular supporting-frame, a slidingmember the lower edge of which is adapted tocooperate with the lowerhorizontal bar of said frame, the ends of which are formed into guidesthat slide on the vertical sides of the same and which has atransversely elongated opening which is located nearer its upper edgethan its. lower edge, and a clamping member which has lugs that arepivotally connected to said sliding member above said opening and which,between said lugs, substantially corresponds in cross-section to anevolute and is adapted to engage and clamp the web of a garmentsupporterpassed through said opening against withdrawal;

I BIRDORA H. XVHITE. Witnesses:

HELEN WHITE, LYNNoRA A. HOLMAN.

the Commissioner i of Patents,

